The Playwrights Database
ANUSREE ROY
Nationality: Indian
email: n/a Website: n/a
Literary Agent: n/a
Anusree Roy was born and raised in Kolkata, India, before moving with her family to Toronto. Anusree Roy is a recent graduate of the Graduate Centre for Study of Drama at the University of Toronto. Since graduating she has met with great success with Pyaasa, winning two Dora Mavor Moore Awards for Outstanding New Play and Outstanding Performance. Roy's play Brothel #9 premiered at Factory Theatre in Toronto in 2011 and was a finalist for the Carol Bolt Award for Playwrights.
Buy Plays with Doollee
Each page of doollee.com has links to play/book outlets, either directly to the Publisher, through Stageplays.com and Amazon to the second hand and 1st editions of AbeBooks. These links will automatically take you to the relevant area obviating the need for further search.AbeBooks.co.uk AbeBooks.com Stageplays.com amazon.com
amazon.co.uk
amazon.ca
whether you are a Playwright who wishes to make their entry definitive, an unlisted Playwright or a User with a tale to tell - we want to hear from you.
download WORD submission template
below is a list of Anusree Roy's plays - click on a Play Title for more information
Brothel #9 Letters To My Grandma PyaasaBrothel #9
Synopsis:
A deal has been struck between two men in India 2,100 rupees in exchange for a young village woman named Rekha. Sent to Calcutta without knowing why, Rekha finds herself in the confines of a brothel with Jamuna, a prostitute and madam, who is resigned to her trade. In these conditions, Rekha must shape her destiny and find inner liberty.
Notes:
finalist for the Carol Bolt Award for Playwrights.
1st Produced:
Factory Theatre in Toronto
03 Jul 1905
Organisations:
-
1st Published:
Playwrights Canada Press
Music:
-
To Buy This Play:
If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies
Booksellers:
Genre:
-
Parts:
Male: - Female: - Other: -
Further Reference:
-
Top of PageLetters To My Grandma
Synopsis:
In the haunting Letters to My Grandma, Malobee unearths letters detailing her grandmothers fight to survive the 1947 partition of India, which resonates with Malobees own struggles to create a new life in present-day Toronto. A grand multi-generational tale of hatred, regret, love and forgiveness, Letters to my Grandma weaves the remarkable stories of these two women together, inextricably linking their histories and delving into how the hatred bred between Hindus and Muslims in the Old World consumes families in Canada today.
Notes:
-
1st Produced:
-
Organisations:
-
1st Published:
Playwrights Canada Press
Music:
-
To Buy This Play:
If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies
Booksellers:
Genre:
-
Parts:
Male: - Female: - Other: -
Further Reference:
-
Top of PagePyaasa
Synopsis:
Set in Calcutta, Pyaasa tells the story of Chaya, an 11-year-old untouchable who dreams of nothing more than learning her times tables. When Chayas mother begs a woman from a higher caste to give Chaya a job at a local tea stall, Chayas journey from childhood to adulthood begins and ends over ten days. A moving and heartfelt play, Pyaasa illustrates with subtlety and nuanced truth the inequalities and injustices that persist through the Indian caste system.
Notes:
winning two Dora Mavor Moore Awards for Outstanding New Play and Outstanding Performance
1st Produced:
-
Organisations:
-
1st Published:
Playwrights Canada Press
Music:
-
To Buy This Play:
If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies
Booksellers:
Genre:
-
Parts:
Male: - Female: - Other: -
Further Reference:
-
Top of Page